The Pentagon on Monday confirmed it had targeted "senior" Al-Qaeda leader Abu Firas al-Suri and other terrorist fighters in an air strike in Syria, AFP reports.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the US military carried out the strike in northwestern Syria on Sunday, resulting in several enemy fighters being killed.
"We assess that Al-Qaeda senior leader Abu Firas al-Suri was in that meeting and we are working to confirm his death," Cook said.